bent
n.— «On a bent you can just cruise along, if at a high rate of speed, and wave back at the cars.» —“Recumbent riding observations” by Jim Grippin Usenet: rec.bicycles Aug. 9, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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